ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO DEDICATES BRONZE BUST IN HONOR OF ESSEX COUNTY PARKS DIRECTOR DANIEL K. SALVANTE Mr. Salvante is the Longest Serving Parks Director in the History of Essex County

Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. dedicated a bronze bust of long-time Essex County Parks Director Daniel K. Salvante in the Cherry Blossom Welcome Center in Essex County Branch Brook Park in Newark on Wednesday, July 24th. The surprise presentation was...

Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr., the Essex County Office of LGBTQ+ Affairs and the Essex County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Board hosted the Essex County LGBTQ Pride Month Celebration on Wednesday, June 26th. During the ceremony, DiVincenzo...

Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that 6 students graduated from Sojourn High School, an alternative high school for youth incarcerated at the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center in Newark, on Thursday, June 20th. During the ceremony, Essex County Juvenile...

Essex County offices and facilities will be open on Wednesday, June 19th. The Juneteenth holiday will be observed according to the State holiday schedule on Friday, June 21st. On Friday, offices will be closed. Turtle Back Zoo and Codey Arena will be open....

Newark, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced plans to replace and modernize the 2.2-mile rubberized walking path around Weequahic Lake in Essex County Weequahic Park in Newark on Wednesday, June 12th. The improvements are part of the County Executive’s ongoing initiative...

Nutley, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that improvements to the baseball and softball fields in Essex County Yanticaw Park in Nutley were completed on Thursday, June 7th. Synthetic playing surfaces were installed on the infields as well as new irrigation...

Irvington, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. dedicated a new, 13,000-square-foot Bilal Beasley Community Center in Essex County Irvington Park on Friday, May 31st. The structure provides modern accommodations for residents to gather and experience the park in a new way and...